Instead of reinventing the wheel, Kelly flanderizes horror tropes already ingrained in audiences minds to create a feverish, satirical nightmare. “Buddy” references childhood TV icons such as “Barney” ...

The story: Cop Jonny (Jason Momoa) left Hawaii years ago, but after yakuza gangsters attack him at home in Oklahoma, he suspects his estranged father – a private detective recently killed in a traffic ...

"The Wrecking Crew" streams Wednesday, Jan. 28, on Prime Video. Jason Momoa and Dave Bautista posture and bicker as buff but estranged half-brothers. Jacob Batalon, Morena Baccarin and Stephen Root ...

The cult creator of "Too Many Cooks" builds an occasionally inspired if scattershot genre mash-up out of children's TV. There was always something a bit kinky about Barney. I thought the funniest ...

Topher Grace is also featured in Casper Kelly’s subversive twist on educational children’s television designed to teach positive values and social skills. By David Rooney Chief Film Critic That’s one ...

After nabbing an Emmy for her performance as Sofia Falcone in HBO’s dark drama “The Penguin,” Cristin Milioti was looking for something lighter. She found it in “Buddy,” a horror comedy about escaping ...

Running time: 95 minutes. Not yet rated. PARK CITY, Utah — A screwed-up new horror-comedy asks the age-old question, “What if Barney the Dinosaur was a bloodthirsty psychopath?” That’s “Buddy,” ...

Sundance: The "Too Many Cooks" auteur appears to have finally received a budget worthy of his talents, and he makes full use of it by playing his greatest hits on a multiplex-worthy scale. His new ...

"Buddy" by Casper Kelly, an official selection of the 2026 Sundance Film Festival. Courtesy of Sundance Institute (photo by Worry Well Productions) In 2014, filmmaker Casper Kelly unleashed the ...

German political theorist Hannah Arendt warned of the banality of evil back in 1963, but co-writer/director Casper Kelly revels in the evil of banality in this anarchic horror-comedy, which uses the ...